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Kevin Barry quotes: Don DeLillo's 'White Noise,' which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell and deadly serious.

Don DeLillo's 'White Noise,' which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell and deadly serious.

Kevin Barry quotes: 'City of Bohane' has been optioned for film, and I've finished a first draft of the script.

'City of Bohane' has been optioned for film, and I've finished a first draft of the script.

Kevin Barry quotes: I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

I think journalism is useful training for a writer in the way it takes the preciousness out of the pragmatic side of the craft.

Kevin Barry quotes: Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.

Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.

Kevin Barry quotes: Tricky the paths a long love might follow, like the spiral down twists of a raindrop on a windowpane.

Tricky the paths a long love might follow, like the spiral down twists of a raindrop on a windowpane.

Kevin Barry quotes: I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area of interest for me.

I don't quite operate within the realist mode. I kind of push the stories out towards the cusp of believability - that's the area of interest for me.

Kevin Barry quotes: I like to be happy when I'm writing. If not, then how will the reader manage?

I like to be happy when I'm writing. If not, then how will the reader manage?

Kevin Barry quotes: It's about what you've got to put yourself through to make anything worthwhile. It's about going to the dark places and using what you find there.

It's about what you've got to put yourself through to make anything worthwhile. It's about going to the dark places and using what you find there.

Kevin Barry quotes: I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

I have been as influenced by music and films as by books.

Kevin Barry quotes: Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours.

Very first thing in the morning, I spew some rough genius directly on to the laptop. Then I have coffee and rewrite for three hours.

Kevin Barry quotes: I wanted to write about Jews in Montana, so I went there by plane and bus, only to discover that there are no Jews in Montana. It didn't deter me.

I wanted to write about Jews in Montana, so I went there by plane and bus, only to discover that there are no Jews in Montana. It didn't deter me.

Kevin Barry quotes: Wisps of steam like spectral maggots rose from their damp coats in the inn's fuggyheat

Wisps of steam like spectral maggots rose from their damp coats in the inn's fuggyheat

Kevin Barry quotes: It is nothing, to give one's life for Ireland. I'm not the first and maybe I won't be the last. What's my life compared with the cause?

It is nothing, to give one's life for Ireland. I'm not the first and maybe I won't be the last. What's my life compared with the cause?

Kevin Barry quotes: Mouth of teeth on him like a vandalised graveyard but we all have our crosses.

Mouth of teeth on him like a vandalised graveyard but we all have our crosses.

Kevin Barry quotes: rabid tush patrol

rabid tush patrol

Kevin Barry quotes: I was freelancing for years in Cork and around. I also wrote freelance pieces for 'The Irish Times.'

I was freelancing for years in Cork and around. I also wrote freelance pieces for 'The Irish Times.'

Kevin Barry quotes: Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

Libraries are where we learn that we can live our lives through books.

Kevin Barry quotes: When you wake up, instead of checking emails on your phone, or counting your retweets, pick up a pen and scratch a few sentences into a notebook.

When you wake up, instead of checking emails on your phone, or counting your retweets, pick up a pen and scratch a few sentences into a notebook.

Kevin Barry quotes: In the caravan in the farmyard outside Gort I knew for sure there was no God but there was surely a devil.

In the caravan in the farmyard outside Gort I knew for sure there was no God but there was surely a devil.

Kevin Barry quotes: Half the time, in this life, you wouldn't know where you are nor when. There are moments of unpleasant liveliness. Tamp that the fuck down is best.

Half the time, in this life, you wouldn't know where you are nor when. There are moments of unpleasant liveliness. Tamp that the fuck down is best.